{"id":515174,"date":"2026-03-10T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/515174\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:47:08","slug":"mount-pleasant-v-la-galaxy-ten-players-from-jamaican-side-refused-entry-to-us-for-concacaf-champions-cup-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/515174\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Pleasant v LA Galaxy: Ten players from Jamaican side refused entry to US for Concacaf Champions Cup tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The visa complications highlight a potential issue for Haiti at this summer&#8217;s World Cup, which Canada and Mexico are co-hosting alongside the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Haiti have qualified for the World Cup for the second time in their history, and have been drawn in a group with Morocco, Scotland and Brazil. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the United States says players will be given exemptions to travel bans, the same has not been promised to spectators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In January, the US State Department said a Fifa Pass appointment, which allows Fifa World Cup 2026 ticket holders to access prioritised visa interview appointments in the United States, does not allow people &#8220;who are otherwise not eligible&#8221; to be issued a visa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Guidance from the State Department specified there are exceptions for &#8220;any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, it added &#8220;the exception does not apply to fans or spectators&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US will host 78 of the 104 matches at the World Cup across 11 cities, including the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The visa complications highlight a potential issue for Haiti at this summer&#8217;s World Cup, which Canada and Mexico&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-515174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}